The Criticals unleash electrifying new single ‘Good Lookin” ahead of debut album

Nashville-based rock outfit The Criticals return with ‘Good Lookin”, the fourth single from their highly anticipated debut record. Recorded in Eastbourne, UK, with producer Jonathan Gilmore (The 1975, Beabadoobee) at Echo Zoo Studios, the track channels the band’s signature high-energy sound, packed with raw attitude and an irresistible groove.

‘Good Lookin” carries a surreal backstory—one that Parker Forbes recalls vividly:

“The first song Cole and I wrote together back in 2019. I had this wild tomato sauce dream of walking into a disco/art gallery in San Francisco, being handed all these letters by a person in hilariously tall pink stiletto heels. I just started recalling my dream on paper as best as I could the next morning, overtop a jam we had voice memoed a week or so prior. Then I tried to come up with the most ridiculous, sad, cynical thought I could to tie the dream together.

“What you got, I used to have. I used to be good lookin’.”

With a pulsating rhythm, hypnotic riffs, and a hint of nostalgia-laced cynicism, ‘Good Lookin” is another bold step forward for The Criticals. Their debut album, arriving soon, promises to be a high-voltage, unfiltered snapshot of modern rock—one that cements their place as one of the most exciting bands to watch.